diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0068610dc3..65210542a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,73 @@
+1998-04-15 16:41  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
+
+	Don't name internal representation since it might be different from
+	the external form (namely on little endian machines).
+	* iconv/gconv_builtin.h: Add UCS4 support.  Change references to
+	UCS4 into references to INTERNAL.
+	* iconv/gconv_simple.c: Implement UCS4<->INTERNAL converters.
+	Add endianess support to UCS functions.  Change references to
+	UCS4 into references to INTERNAL.
+	* iconv/gconv_int.h: Change references to UCS4 into references to
+	INTERNAL.
+	* iconv/iconv_prog.c: Don't mention INTERNAL in --list output.
+	* iconvdata/gconv-modules: Change accordingly.
+	* wcsmbs/wcsmbsload.c: Change names to use INTERNAL.
+
+	* iconv/gconv_simple.c: Adjust input buffer pointer for output buffer
+	overflow.
+	* iconvdata/8bit-gap.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/8bit-generic.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/big5.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/euccn.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/eucjp.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/euckr.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/euctw.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/iso646.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/iso6937.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/iso8859-1.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/johab.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/sjis.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/t61.c: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/uhc.c: Likewise.
+
+	* iconvdata/8bit-gap.c: Correct access to to_ucs4 array.
+	* iconvdata/8bit-generic.c: Likewise.
+
+	* iconvdata/TESTS: Add more tests.
+
+	* sysdeps/i386/bits/byteswap.h: Change to use "=r" when ror is used.
+
+1998-04-15 11:47  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
+
+	* iconvdata/Makefile: Better rules to run tests.
+
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1..UTF8: New file.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10..UCS2: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UCS4: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UTF8: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-3: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-4: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-5: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-6: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-7: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-8: Likewise.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-9: Likewise.
+
 1998-04-15  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
+	* iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh: Handle $from..$t file to compare
+	intermediate result (if available).
+
 	* iconv/gconv_simple.c (__gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii): Fix typo in
 	last change.
 
+	* iconvdata/Makefile: Add rules to run run-iconv-test.sh.
+	(distribute): Add run-iconv-test.sh and testdata/*.
+
+	* stdlib/testmb.c (main): Simplify mbc array handling.
+
 1998-04-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
 
 	* elf/dl-minimal.c (__strtol_internal): Correct range check.  Fix
@@ -27,6 +92,7 @@
 	* iconvdata/Makefile: Add rules to run tests.
 	* iconvdata/TESTS: New file.
 	* iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh: New file.
+	* iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1: New file.
 
 	* iconv/iconv_prog.c (main): Call process_block with OUTPUT stream,
 	not stdout.
diff --git a/iconv/gconv_builtin.h b/iconv/gconv_builtin.h
index 9c98c3513d..265dca1f01 100644
--- a/iconv/gconv_builtin.h
+++ b/iconv/gconv_builtin.h
@@ -18,27 +18,41 @@
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
+BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UCS4//", "ISO-10646/UCS4/")
+BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UCS-4//", "ISO-10646/UCS4/")
+BUILTIN_ALIAS ("ISO-10646//", "ISO-10646/UCS4/")
+BUILTIN_ALIAS ("10646-1:1993//", "ISO-10646/UCS4/")
+BUILTIN_ALIAS ("10646-1:1993/UCS4/", "ISO-10646/UCS4/")
+
+BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "INTERNAL", 8,
+			"ISO-10646/UCS4/", 1, "=INTERNAL->ucs4",
+			__gconv_transform_internal_ucs4, NULL, NULL)
+BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "ISO-10646/UCS4/", 15,
+			"INTERNAL", 1, "=ucs4->INTERNAL",
+			__gconv_transform_internal_ucs4, NULL, NULL)
+/* Please note that we need only one function for both direction.  */
+
 BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UTF8//", "ISO-10646/UTF8/")
 BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UTF-8//", "ISO-10646/UTF8/")
 
-BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "ISO-10646/UCS4/", 15,
-			"ISO-10646/UTF8/", 1, "=ucs4->utf8",
-			__gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8, NULL, NULL)
+BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "INTERNAL", 8,
+			"ISO-10646/UTF8/", 1, "=INTERNAL->utf8",
+			__gconv_transform_internal_utf8, NULL, NULL)
 
 BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION ("ISO-10646/UTF-?8/", "ISO-10646/UTF", 13,
-			"ISO-10646/UCS4/", 1, "=utf8->ucs4",
-			__gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4, NULL, NULL)
+			"INTERNAL", 1, "=utf8->INTERNAL",
+			__gconv_transform_utf8_internal, NULL, NULL)
 
 BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UCS2//", "ISO-10646/UCS2/")
 BUILTIN_ALIAS ("UCS-2//", "ISO-10646/UCS2/")
 
-BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "ISO-10646/UCS2/", 15, "ISO-10646/UCS4/",
-			1, "=ucs2->ucs4",
-			__gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4, NULL, NULL)
+BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "ISO-10646/UCS2/", 15, "INTERNAL",
+			1, "=ucs2->INTERNAL",
+			__gconv_transform_ucs2_internal, NULL, NULL)
 
-BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "ISO-10646/UCS4/", 15, "ISO-10646/UCS2/",
-			1, "=ucs4->ucs2",
-			__gconv_transform_ucs4_ucs2, NULL, NULL)
+BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION (NULL, "INTERNAL", 8, "ISO-10646/UCS2/",
+			1, "=INTERNAL->ucs2",
+			__gconv_transform_internal_ucs2, NULL, NULL)
 
 BUILTIN_TRANSFORMATION ("(.*)", NULL, 0, "\\1", 1, "=dummy",
 			__gconv_transform_dummy, NULL, NULL)
diff --git a/iconv/gconv_int.h b/iconv/gconv_int.h
index 35ec31a7b8..a1475f8508 100644
--- a/iconv/gconv_int.h
+++ b/iconv/gconv_int.h
@@ -153,12 +153,13 @@ extern void __gconv_get_builtin_trans (const char *__name,
 		   int __do_flush)
 
 __BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_dummy);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4);
-__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ucs4_ucs2);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ascii_internal);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_internal_ascii);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_utf8_internal);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_internal_utf8);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_ucs2_internal);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_internal_ucs2);
+__BUILTIN_TRANS (__gconv_transform_internal_ucs4);
 # undef __BUITLIN_TRANS
 
 #endif
diff --git a/iconv/gconv_simple.c b/iconv/gconv_simple.c
index 38b6b56adb..b72e61edcc 100644
--- a/iconv/gconv_simple.c
+++ b/iconv/gconv_simple.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
+#include <byteswap.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <gconv.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -76,16 +78,21 @@ __gconv_transform_dummy (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 }
 
 
-/* Convert from ISO 646-IRV to ISO 10646/UCS4.  */
+/* Transform from the internal, UCS4-like format, to UCS4.  The
+   difference between the internal ucs4 format and the real UCS4
+   format is, if any, the endianess.  The Unicode/ISO 10646 says that
+   unless some higher protocol specifies it differently, the byte
+   order is big endian.*/
 int
-__gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
-			      struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			      size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_internal_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
+				  struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				  const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				  size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
   gconv_fct fct = next_step->fct;
-  size_t do_write;
+  size_t do_write = 0;
   int result;
 
   /* If the function is called with no input this means we have to reset
@@ -95,7 +102,6 @@ __gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
     {
       /* Clear the state.  */
       memset (data->statep, '\0', sizeof (mbstate_t));
-      do_write = 0;
 
       /* Call the steps down the chain if there are any.  */
       if (data->is_last)
@@ -114,12 +120,126 @@ __gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
   else
     {
       int save_errno = errno;
-      do_write = 0;
 
       result = GCONV_OK;
       do
 	{
-	  const unsigned char *newinbuf = inbuf;
+	  size_t n_convert = (MIN (*inlen,
+				   (data->outbufsize - data->outbufavail))
+			      / sizeof (wchar_t));
+
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	  /* Sigh, we have to do some real work.  */
+	  wchar_t *outbuf = (wchar_t *) &data->outbuf[data->outbufavail];
+	  size_t cnt;
+
+	  for (cnt = 0; cnt < n_convert; ++cnt)
+	    outbuf[cnt] = bswap_32 (((wchar_t *) inbuf)[cnt]);
+
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+	  /* Simply copy the data.  */
+	  memcpy (&data->outbuf[data->outbufsize], inbuf,
+		  n_convert * sizeof (wchar_t));
+#else
+# error "This endianess is not supported."
+#endif
+
+	  *inlen -= n_convert * sizeof (wchar_t);
+	  inbuf += n_convert * sizeof (wchar_t);
+	  data->outbufavail += n_convert * sizeof (wchar_t);
+	  do_write += n_convert;
+
+	  if (*inlen > 0 && *inlen < sizeof (wchar_t))
+	    {
+	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
+	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
+	      break;
+	    }
+
+	  if (data->is_last)
+	    {
+	      /* This is the last step.  */
+	      result = (*inlen < sizeof (wchar_t)
+			? GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT : GCONV_FULL_OUTPUT);
+	      break;
+	    }
+
+	  /* Status so far.  */
+	  result = GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT;
+
+	  if (data->outbufavail > 0)
+	    {
+	      /* Call the functions below in the chain.  */
+	      size_t newavail = data->outbufavail;
+
+	      result = (*fct) (next_step, next_data, data->outbuf, &newavail,
+			       written, 0);
+
+	      /* Correct the output buffer.  */
+	      if (newavail != data->outbufavail && newavail > 0)
+		{
+		  memmove (data->outbuf,
+			   &data->outbuf[data->outbufavail - newavail],
+			   newavail);
+		  data->outbufavail = newavail;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+      while (*inlen >= sizeof (wchar_t) && result == GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT);
+
+      __set_errno (save_errno);
+    }
+
+  if (written != NULL && data->is_last)
+    *written = do_write;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+/* Convert from ISO 646-IRV to the internal (UCS4-like) format.  */
+int
+__gconv_transform_ascii_internal (struct gconv_step *step,
+				  struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				  const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				  size_t *written, int do_flush)
+{
+  struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
+  struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
+  gconv_fct fct = next_step->fct;
+  size_t do_write = 0;
+  int result;
+
+  /* If the function is called with no input this means we have to reset
+     to the initial state.  The possibly partly converted input is
+     dropped.  */
+  if (do_flush)
+    {
+      /* Clear the state.  */
+      memset (data->statep, '\0', sizeof (mbstate_t));
+
+      /* Call the steps down the chain if there are any.  */
+      if (data->is_last)
+	result = GCONV_OK;
+      else
+	{
+	  struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
+	  struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
+
+	  result = (*fct) (next_step, next_data, NULL, 0, written, 1);
+
+	  /* Clear output buffer.  */
+	  data->outbufavail = 0;
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      const unsigned char *newinbuf = inbuf;
+      int save_errno = errno;
+
+      result = GCONV_OK;
+      do
+	{
 	  size_t actually = 0;
 	  size_t cnt = 0;
 
@@ -193,9 +313,10 @@ __gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 
 /* Convert from ISO 10646/UCS to ISO 646-IRV.  */
 int
-__gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii (struct gconv_step *step,
-			      struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			      size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_internal_ascii (struct gconv_step *step,
+				  struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				  const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				  size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
@@ -228,13 +349,13 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii (struct gconv_step *step,
     }
   else
     {
+      const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
       int save_errno = errno;
       do_write = 0;
 
       result = GCONV_OK;
       do
 	{
-	  const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
 	  size_t actually = 0;
 	  size_t cnt = 0;
 
@@ -264,11 +385,18 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii (struct gconv_step *step,
 	  if (result != GCONV_OK)
 	    break;
 
+	  /* Check for incomplete input.  */
+	  if (*inlen > 0 && *inlen < sizeof (wchar_t))
+	    {
+	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
+	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
+	      break;
+	    }
+
 	  if (data->is_last)
 	    {
 	      /* This is the last step.  */
-	      result = (*inlen < sizeof (wchar_t)
-			? GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT : GCONV_FULL_OUTPUT);
+	      result = *inlen == 0 ? GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT : GCONV_FULL_OUTPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
@@ -306,9 +434,10 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii (struct gconv_step *step,
 
 
 int
-__gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8 (struct gconv_step *step,
-			     struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			     size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_internal_utf8 (struct gconv_step *step,
+				 struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				 const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				 size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
@@ -341,13 +470,13 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8 (struct gconv_step *step,
     }
   else
     {
+      const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
       int save_errno = errno;
       do_write = 0;
 
       result = GCONV_OK;
       do
 	{
-	  const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
 	  size_t cnt = 0;
 
 	  while (data->outbufavail < data->outbufsize
@@ -397,16 +526,24 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8 (struct gconv_step *step,
 	  /* Remember how much we converted.  */
 	  do_write += cnt;
 	  *inlen -= cnt * sizeof (wchar_t);
+	  newinbuf += cnt;
 
 	  /* Check whether an illegal character appeared.  */
 	  if (result != GCONV_OK)
 	    break;
 
+	  /* Check for incomplete input.  */
+	  if (*inlen > 0 && *inlen < sizeof (wchar_t))
+	    {
+	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
+	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
+	      break;
+	    }
+
 	  if (data->is_last)
 	    {
 	      /* This is the last step.  */
-	      result = (*inlen < sizeof (wchar_t)
-			? GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT : GCONV_FULL_OUTPUT);
+	      result = *inlen == 0 ? GCONV_EMPTY_INPUT : GCONV_FULL_OUTPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
@@ -444,9 +581,10 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_utf8 (struct gconv_step *step,
 
 
 int
-__gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
-			     struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			     size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_utf8_internal (struct gconv_step *step,
+				 struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				 const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				 size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
@@ -578,6 +716,7 @@ __gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 	  /* Remember how much we converted.  */
 	  do_write += actually;
 	  *inlen -= cnt;
+	  inbuf += cnt;
 
 	  data->outbufavail += actually * sizeof (wchar_t);
 
@@ -588,7 +727,7 @@ __gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 	      break;
 	    }
 
-	  if (*inlen < extra)
+	  if (*inlen > 0 && *inlen < extra)
 	    {
 	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
 	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
@@ -637,9 +776,10 @@ __gconv_transform_utf8_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 
 
 int
-__gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
-			     struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			     size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_ucs2_internal (struct gconv_step *step,
+				 struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				 const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				 size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
@@ -669,12 +809,12 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
     }
   else
     {
+      const uint16_t *newinbuf = (const uint16_t *) inbuf;
       int save_errno = errno;
       do_write = 0;
 
       do
 	{
-	  const uint16_t *newinbuf = (const uint16_t *) inbuf;
 	  wchar_t *outbuf = (wchar_t *) &data->outbuf[data->outbufavail];
 	  size_t actually = 0;
 
@@ -683,34 +823,29 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 	  while (data->outbufavail + 4 <= data->outbufsize
 		 && *inlen >= 2)
 	    {
-	      outbuf[actually++] = *newinbuf++;
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	      outbuf[actually++] = (wchar_t) bswap_16 (*newinbuf++);
+#else
+	      outbuf[actually++] = (wchar_t) *newinbuf++;
+#endif
 	      data->outbufavail += 4;
 	      *inlen -= 2;
 	    }
 
-	  if (*inlen != 1)
-	    {
-	      /* We have an incomplete input character.  */
-	      mbstate_t *state = data->statep;
-	      state->count = 1;
-	      state->value = *(uint8_t *) newinbuf;
-	      --*inlen;
-	    }
-
 	  /* Remember how much we converted.  */
 	  do_write += actually * sizeof (wchar_t);
 
-	  /* Check whether an illegal character appeared.  */
-	  if (errno != 0)
+	  if (*inlen == 1)
 	    {
-	      result = GCONV_ILLEGAL_INPUT;
+	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
+	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
-	  if (*inlen == 0 && !__mbsinit (data->statep))
+	  /* Check whether an illegal character appeared.  */
+	  if (errno != 0)
 	    {
-	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
-	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
+	      result = GCONV_ILLEGAL_INPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
@@ -756,9 +891,10 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs2_ucs4 (struct gconv_step *step,
 
 
 int
-__gconv_transform_ucs4_ucs2 (struct gconv_step *step,
-			     struct gconv_step_data *data, const char *inbuf,
-			     size_t *inlen, size_t *written, int do_flush)
+__gconv_transform_internal_ucs2 (struct gconv_step *step,
+				 struct gconv_step_data *data,
+				 const char *inbuf, size_t *inlen,
+				 size_t *written, int do_flush)
 {
   struct gconv_step *next_step = step + 1;
   struct gconv_step_data *next_data = data + 1;
@@ -791,12 +927,12 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_ucs2 (struct gconv_step *step,
     }
   else
     {
+      const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
       int save_errno = errno;
       do_write = 0;
 
       do
 	{
-	  const wchar_t *newinbuf = (const wchar_t *) inbuf;
 	  uint16_t *outbuf = (uint16_t *) &data->outbuf[data->outbufavail];
 	  size_t actually = 0;
 
@@ -810,39 +946,33 @@ __gconv_transform_ucs4_ucs2 (struct gconv_step *step,
 		  __set_errno (EILSEQ);
 		    break;
 		}
-	      outbuf[actually++] = (wchar_t) *newinbuf;
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	      /* Please note that we use the `uint32_t' pointer as a
+		 `uint16_t' pointer which works since we are on a
+		 little endian machine.  */
+	      outbuf[actually++] = bswap_16 (*((uint16_t *) newinbuf));
+	      ++newinbuf;
+#else
+	      outbuf[actually++] = *newinbuf++;
+#endif
 	      *inlen -= 4;
 	      data->outbufavail += 2;
 	    }
 
-	  if (*inlen < 4)
-	    {
-	      /* We have an incomplete input character.  */
-	      mbstate_t *state = data->statep;
-	      state->count = *inlen;
-	      state->value = 0;
-	      while (*inlen > 0)
-		{
-		  state->value <<= 8;
-		  state->value += *(uint8_t *) newinbuf;
-		  --*inlen;
-		}
-	    }
-
 	  /* Remember how much we converted.  */
 	  do_write += (const char *) newinbuf - inbuf;
 
-	  /* Check whether an illegal character appeared.  */
-	  if (errno != 0)
+	  if (*inlen > 0 && *inlen < 4)
 	    {
-	      result = GCONV_ILLEGAL_INPUT;
+	      /* We have an incomplete input character.  */
+	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
-	  if (*inlen == 0 && !__mbsinit (data->statep))
+	  /* Check whether an illegal character appeared.  */
+	  if (errno != 0)
 	    {
-	      /* We have an incomplete character at the end.  */
-	      result = GCONV_INCOMPLETE_INPUT;
+	      result = GCONV_ILLEGAL_INPUT;
 	      break;
 	    }
 
diff --git a/iconv/iconv_prog.c b/iconv/iconv_prog.c
index 0c1b9d045d..569bd3b3ec 100644
--- a/iconv/iconv_prog.c
+++ b/iconv/iconv_prog.c
@@ -509,14 +509,17 @@ print_known_names (void)
     {
       if (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern == NULL)
 	{
-	  tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, &printlist,
-		   (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
-	  tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, &printlist,
-		   (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+	  if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, "INTERNAL"))
+	    tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, &printlist,
+		     (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+	  if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, "INTERNAL"))
+	    tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, &printlist,
+		     (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
 	}
       else
-	tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, &printlist,
-		 (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
+	if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, "INTERNAL"))
+	  tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, &printlist,
+		   (__compar_fn_t) strcoll);
     }
 
   fputs (_("\
diff --git a/iconvdata/8bit-gap.c b/iconvdata/8bit-gap.c
index 6c78ce5c24..a8d3c99a68 100644
--- a/iconvdata/8bit-gap.c
+++ b/iconvdata/8bit-gap.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 	      while (cnt < inchars
 		     && (outwchars + sizeof (wchar_t) <= data->outbufsize))
 		{
-		  wchar_t ch = to_ucs4[(unsigned int) inbuf[cnt]];
+		  wchar_t ch = to_ucs4[((unsigned char *) inbuf)[cnt]];
 
 		  if (ch == L'\0' && inbuf[cnt] != '\0')
 		    {
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/8bit-generic.c b/iconvdata/8bit-generic.c
index 52cd540fb7..19194ad068 100644
--- a/iconvdata/8bit-generic.c
+++ b/iconvdata/8bit-generic.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 	      while (cnt < inchars
 		     && (outwchars + sizeof (wchar_t) <= data->outbufsize))
 		{
-		  wchar_t ch = to_ucs4[(unsigned int) inbuf[cnt]];
+		  wchar_t ch = to_ucs4[((unsigned char *) inbuf)[cnt]];
 
 		  if (ch == L'\0' && inbuf[cnt] != '\0')
 		    {
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/Makefile b/iconvdata/Makefile
index 48d44956f6..dd1c391c6c 100644
--- a/iconvdata/Makefile
+++ b/iconvdata/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ distribute := 8bit-generic.c 8bit-gap.c gap.pl gaptab.pl gconv-modules	    \
 	      ebcdic-at-de-a.c ebcdic-ca-fr.c jis0201.c jis0208.c jis0212.c \
 	      extra-module.mk euckr.c johab.c uhc.c ksc5601.c ksc5601.h	    \
 	      iso646.c big5.c eucjp.c gb2312.c gb2312.h euccn.c euctw.c	    \
-	      cns11643l1.c cns11643l1.h cns11643.h cns11643.c
+	      cns11643l1.c cns11643l1.h cns11643.h cns11643.c		    \
+	      run-iconv-test.sh $(wildcard testdata/*)
 
 # We build the transformation modules only when we build shared libs.
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
@@ -208,3 +209,14 @@ $(inst_gconvdir)/gconv-modules: gconv-modules $(+force)
 endif
 
 include ../Rules
+
+.PHONY: do-iconv-test
+tests: do-iconv-test
+
+do-iconv-test: run-iconv-test.sh $(objpfx)gconv-modules \
+	       $(addprefix $(objpfx),$(modules.so)) \
+	       $(common-objdir)/iconv/iconv_prog
+	$(SHELL) -e $< $(common-objdir) > $(objpfx)iconv-test.out
+
+$(objpfx)gconv-modules: gconv-modules
+	cp $^ $@
diff --git a/iconvdata/TESTS b/iconvdata/TESTS
index 809104d60f..41d7edcaf1 100644
--- a/iconvdata/TESTS
+++ b/iconvdata/TESTS
@@ -28,3 +28,12 @@
 # N.  target coded character set.
 
 ISO-8859-1	ISO-8859-1	UTF8
+ISO-8859-2	ISO-8859-2	UCS4 UTF8
+ISO-8859-3	ISO-8859-3	UTF8
+ISO-8859-4	ISO-8859-4	UTF8
+ISO-8859-5	ISO-8859-5	UTF8
+ISO-8859-6	ISO-8859-6	UTF8
+ISO-8859-7	ISO-8859-7	UTF8
+ISO-8859-8	ISO-8859-8	UTF8
+ISO-8859-9	ISO-8859-9	UTF8
+ISO-8859-10	ISO-8859-10	UCS2 UTF8
diff --git a/iconvdata/big5.c b/iconvdata/big5.c
index bfd14fd5bb..a6a2580dd7 100644
--- a/iconvdata/big5.c
+++ b/iconvdata/big5.c
@@ -8540,6 +8540,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -8632,6 +8633,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/euccn.c b/iconvdata/euccn.c
index e8d909768b..f683836ff7 100644
--- a/iconvdata/euccn.c
+++ b/iconvdata/euccn.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/eucjp.c b/iconvdata/eucjp.c
index 4e82904c8f..e6a71cc791 100644
--- a/iconvdata/eucjp.c
+++ b/iconvdata/eucjp.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/euckr.c b/iconvdata/euckr.c
index 1dfa42dbcc..2ad9478729 100644
--- a/iconvdata/euckr.c
+++ b/iconvdata/euckr.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/euctw.c b/iconvdata/euctw.c
index f38db47946..fd422c1fb0 100644
--- a/iconvdata/euctw.c
+++ b/iconvdata/euctw.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/gconv-modules b/iconvdata/gconv-modules
index ffdd8c321f..d5109dcf29 100644
--- a/iconvdata/gconv-modules
+++ b/iconvdata/gconv-modules
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
 #  alias:	alias name which is not really recognized.
 #  name:	the real name of the character set
 
-#	from			  to			module		cost
-alias	ISO-10646//		ISO-10646/UCS4/
-alias	10646-1:1993//		ISO-10646/UCS4/
-alias	10646-1:1993/UCS4/	ISO-10646/UCS4/
-
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-6//		ANSI_X3.4-1968//
 alias	ANSI_X3.4-1986//	ANSI_X3.4-1968//
@@ -48,15 +43,15 @@ alias	US-ASCII//		ANSI_X3.4-1968//
 alias	US//			ANSI_X3.4-1968//
 alias	IBM367//		ANSI_X3.4-1968//
 alias	CP367//			ANSI_X3.4-1968//
-module	ANSI_X3.4-1968//	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO646		2
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ANSI_X3.4-1968//	ISO646		2
+module	ANSI_X3.4-1968//	INTERNAL		ISO646		2
+module	INTERNAL		ANSI_X3.4-1968//	ISO646		2
 
 alias	ISO-IR-4//		BS_4730//
 alias	ISO646-GB//		BS_4730//
 alias	GB//			BS_4730//
 alias	UK//			BS_4730//
-module	BS_4730//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO646		2
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		BS_4730//		ISO646		2
+module	BS_4730//		INTERNAL		ISO646		2
+module	INTERNAL		BS_4730//		ISO646		2
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-100//		ISO-8859-1//
@@ -66,8 +61,8 @@ alias	LATIN1//		ISO-8859-1//
 alias	L1//			ISO-8859-1//
 alias	IBM819//		ISO-8859-1//
 alias	CP819//			ISO-8859-1//
-module	ISO-8859-1//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-1	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-1//		ISO8859-1	1
+module	ISO-8859-1//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-1	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-1//		ISO8859-1	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-101//		ISO-8859-2//
@@ -75,8 +70,8 @@ alias	ISO_8859-2:1987//	ISO-8859-2//
 alias	ISO_8859-2//		ISO-8859-2//
 alias	LATIN2//		ISO-8859-2//
 alias	L2//			ISO-8859-2//
-module	ISO-8859-2//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-2	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-2//		ISO8859-2	1
+module	ISO-8859-2//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-2	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-2//		ISO8859-2	1
 
 #	from			  to			 module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-109//		ISO-8859-3//
@@ -84,8 +79,8 @@ alias	ISO_8859-3:1988//	ISO-8859-3//
 alias	ISO_8859-3//		ISO-8859-3//
 alias	LATIN3//		ISO-8859-3//
 alias	L3//			ISO-8859-3//
-module	ISO-8859-3//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-3	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-3//		ISO8859-3	1
+module	ISO-8859-3//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-3	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-3//		ISO8859-3	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-110//		ISO-8859-4//
@@ -93,16 +88,16 @@ alias	ISO_8859-4:1988//	ISO-8859-4//
 alias	ISO_8859-4//		ISO-8859-4//
 alias	LATIN4//		ISO-8859-4//
 alias	L4//			ISO-8859-4//
-module	ISO-8859-4//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-4	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-4//		ISO8859-4	1
+module	ISO-8859-4//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-4	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-4//		ISO8859-4	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-144//		ISO-8859-5//
 alias	ISO_8859-5:1988//	ISO-8859-5//
 alias	ISO_8859-5//		ISO-8859-5//
 alias	CYRILLIC//		ISO-8859-5//
-module	ISO-8859-5//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-5	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-5//		ISO8859-5	1
+module	ISO-8859-5//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-5	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-5//		ISO8859-5	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-127//		ISO-8859-6//
@@ -111,8 +106,8 @@ alias	ISO_8859-6//		ISO-8859-6//
 alias	ECMA-114//		ISO-8859-6//
 alias	ASMO-708//		ISO-8859-6//
 alias	ARABIC//		ISO-8859-6//
-module	ISO-8859-6//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-6	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-6//		ISO8859-6	1
+module	ISO-8859-6//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-6	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-6//		ISO8859-6	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-126//		ISO-8859-7//
@@ -122,16 +117,16 @@ alias	ELOT_928//		ISO-8859-7//
 alias	ECMA-118//		ISO-8859-7//
 alias	GREEK//			ISO-8859-7//
 alias	GREEK8//		ISO-8859-7//
-module	ISO-8859-7//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-7	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-7//		ISO8859-7	1
+module	ISO-8859-7//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-7	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-7//		ISO8859-7	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-138//		ISO-8859-8//
 alias	ISO_8859-8:1988//	ISO-8859-8//
 alias	ISO_8859-8//		ISO-8859-8//
 alias	HEBREW//		ISO-8859-8//
-module	ISO-8859-8//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-8	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-8//		ISO8859-8	1
+module	ISO-8859-8//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-8	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-8//		ISO8859-8	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-148//		ISO-8859-9//
@@ -139,8 +134,8 @@ alias	ISO_8859-9:1989//	ISO-8859-9//
 alias	ISO_8859-9//		ISO-8859-9//
 alias	LATIN5//		ISO-8859-9//
 alias	L5//			ISO-8859-9//
-module	ISO-8859-9//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-9	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-9//		ISO8859-9	1
+module	ISO-8859-9//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-9	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-9//		ISO8859-9	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-157//		ISO-8859-10//
@@ -148,96 +143,96 @@ alias	ISO_8859-10:1993//	ISO-8859-10//
 alias	ISO_8859-10//		ISO-8859-10//
 alias	LATIN6//		ISO-8859-10//
 alias	L6//			ISO-8859-10//
-module	ISO-8859-10//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO8859-10	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO-8859-10//		ISO8859-10	1
+module	ISO-8859-10//		INTERNAL		ISO8859-10	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO-8859-10//		ISO8859-10	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	T.61//			T.61-8BIT//
 alias	ISO-IR-103//		T.61-8BIT//
-module	T.61-8BIT//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		T.61		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		T.61-8BIT//		T.61		1
+module	T.61-8BIT//		INTERNAL		T.61		1
+module	INTERNAL		T.61-8BIT//		T.61		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-156//		ISO_6937//
 alias	ISO_6937:1992//		ISO_6937//
 alias	ISO6937//		ISO_6937//
-module	ISO_6937//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO_6937	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		ISO_6937//		ISO_6937	1
+module	ISO_6937//		INTERNAL		ISO_6937	1
+module	INTERNAL		ISO_6937//		ISO_6937	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	SHIFT-JIS//		SJIS//
-module	SJIS//			ISO-10646/UCS4/		SJIS		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		SJIS//			SJIS		1
+module	SJIS//			INTERNAL		SJIS		1
+module	INTERNAL		SJIS//			SJIS		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
-module	KOI-8//			ISO-10646/UCS4/		KOI-8		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		KOI-8//			KOI-8		1
+module	KOI-8//			INTERNAL		KOI-8		1
+module	INTERNAL		KOI-8//			KOI-8		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
-module	KOI8-R//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		KOI8-R		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		KOI8-R//		KOI8-R		1
+module	KOI8-R//		INTERNAL		KOI8-R		1
+module	INTERNAL		KOI8-R//		KOI8-R		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-19//		LATIN-GREEK//
-module	LATIN-GREEK//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		LATIN-GREEK	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		LATIN-GREEK//		LATIN-GREEK	1
+module	LATIN-GREEK//		INTERNAL		LATIN-GREEK	1
+module	INTERNAL		LATIN-GREEK//		LATIN-GREEK	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ISO-IR-27//		LATIN-GREEK//
-module	LATIN-GREEK-1//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		LATIN-GREEK-1	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		LATIN-GREEK-1//		LATIN-GREEK-1	1
+module	LATIN-GREEK-1//		INTERNAL		LATIN-GREEK-1	1
+module	INTERNAL		LATIN-GREEK-1//		LATIN-GREEK-1	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	ROMAN8//		HP-ROMAN8//
 alias	R8//			HP-ROMAN8//
-module	HP-ROMAN8//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		HP-ROMAN8	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		HP-ROMAN8//		HP-ROMAN8	1
+module	HP-ROMAN8//		INTERNAL		HP-ROMAN8	1
+module	INTERNAL		HP-ROMAN8//		HP-ROMAN8	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
-module	EBCDIC-AT-DE//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-AT-DE	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-AT-DE//		EBCDIC-AT-DE	1
+module	EBCDIC-AT-DE//		INTERNAL		EBCDIC-AT-DE	1
+module	INTERNAL		EBCDIC-AT-DE//		EBCDIC-AT-DE	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
-module	EBCDIC-AT-DE-A//	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-AT-DE-A	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-AT-DE-A//	EBCDIC-AT-DE-A	1
+module	EBCDIC-AT-DE-A//	INTERNAL		EBCDIC-AT-DE-A	1
+module	INTERNAL		EBCDIC-AT-DE-A//	EBCDIC-AT-DE-A	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
-module	EBCDIC-CA-FR//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-CA-FR	1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EBCDIC-CA-FR//		EBCDIC-CA-FR	1
+module	EBCDIC-CA-FR//		INTERNAL		EBCDIC-CA-FR	1
+module	INTERNAL		EBCDIC-CA-FR//		EBCDIC-CA-FR	1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	EUCKR//			EUC-KR//
-module	EUC-KR//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-KR		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-KR//		EUC-KR		1
+module	EUC-KR//		INTERNAL		EUC-KR		1
+module	INTERNAL		EUC-KR//		EUC-KR		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	MSCP949//		UHC//
-module	UHC//			ISO-10646/UCS4/		UHC		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		UHC//			UHC		1
+module	UHC//			INTERNAL		UHC		1
+module	INTERNAL		UHC//			UHC		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	MSCP1361//		JOHAB//
-module	JOHAB//			ISO-10646/UCS4/		JOHAB		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		JOHAB//			JOHAB		1
+module	JOHAB//			INTERNAL		JOHAB		1
+module	INTERNAL		JOHAB//			JOHAB		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	BIG-FIVE//		BIG5//
 alias	BIGFIVE//		BIG5//
 alias	BIG-5//			BIG5//
-module	BIG5//			ISO-10646/UCS4/		BIG5		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		BIG5//			BIG5		1
+module	BIG5//			INTERNAL		BIG5		1
+module	INTERNAL		BIG5//			BIG5		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	EUCJP//			EUC-JP//
-module	EUC-JP//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-JP		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-JP//		EUC-JP		1
+module	EUC-JP//		INTERNAL		EUC-JP		1
+module	INTERNAL		EUC-JP//		EUC-JP		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	EUCCN//			EUC-CN//
-module	EUC-CN//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-CN		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-CN//		EUC-CN		1
+module	EUC-CN//		INTERNAL		EUC-CN		1
+module	INTERNAL		EUC-CN//		EUC-CN		1
 
 #	from			  to			module		cost
 alias	EUCTW//			EUC-TW//
-module	EUC-TW//		ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-TW		1
-module	ISO-10646/UCS4/		EUC-TW//		EUC-TW		1
+module	EUC-TW//		INTERNAL		EUC-TW		1
+module	INTERNAL		EUC-TW//		EUC-TW		1
diff --git a/iconvdata/iso646.c b/iconvdata/iso646.c
index a9705f0636..53ca76cb14 100644
--- a/iconvdata/iso646.c
+++ b/iconvdata/iso646.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		}
 	    out_from:
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		}
 	    out_to:
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/iso6937.c b/iconvdata/iso6937.c
index 30c3831a29..21e3ab4898 100644
--- a/iconvdata/iso6937.c
+++ b/iconvdata/iso6937.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -593,6 +594,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/iso8859-1.c b/iconvdata/iso8859-1.c
index ab69c4d1a4..b9484a06b7 100644
--- a/iconvdata/iso8859-1.c
+++ b/iconvdata/iso8859-1.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/johab.c b/iconvdata/johab.c
index 51b235c924..c9912a71d0 100644
--- a/iconvdata/johab.c
+++ b/iconvdata/johab.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh b/iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh
index 2ef394d4a3..ebafa2f298 100755
--- a/iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh
+++ b/iconvdata/run-iconv-test.sh
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ while read from to targets; do
   for t in $targets; do
     $ICONV -f $from -t $t testdata/$from > $temp1 ||
       { echo "*** conversion from $from to $t failed"; exit 1; }
+    if test -s testdata/$from..$t; then
+      cmp $temp1 testdata/$from..$t >& /dev/null ||
+	{ echo "*** $from -> $t conversion failed"; exit 1; }
+    fi
     $ICONV -f $t -t $to -o $temp2 $temp1 ||
       { echo "*** conversion from $t to $to failed"; exit 1; }
     test -s $temp1 && cmp testdata/$from $temp2 >& /dev/null ||
-      { echo "*** $from -> $t -> $to conversion failed"; exit 1; }
+      { echo "*** $from -> t -> $to conversion failed"; exit 1; }
 
     # All tests ok.
     echo "$from -> $t -> $to ok"
-    #rm -f $name1 $name2
+    rm -f $temp1 $temp2
   done
 done < TESTS
 
diff --git a/iconvdata/sjis.c b/iconvdata/sjis.c
index 7a81c017e9..33dc2f1d65 100644
--- a/iconvdata/sjis.c
+++ b/iconvdata/sjis.c
@@ -4128,6 +4128,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -4181,6 +4182,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/t61.c b/iconvdata/t61.c
index d532438bf9..b77ee71248 100644
--- a/iconvdata/t61.c
+++ b/iconvdata/t61.c
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1..UTF8 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1..UTF8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ad5d2cb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1..UTF8
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+   ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © ª « ¬ ­ ® ¯
+ ° ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿
+ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï
+ Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß
+ à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï
+ ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3f9b2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10..UCS2 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10..UCS2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0764f068f4
Binary files /dev/null and b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-10..UCS2 differ
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3f9b2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UCS4 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UCS4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1795522591
Binary files /dev/null and b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UCS4 differ
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UTF8 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UTF8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5428c1fd85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-2..UTF8
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+   Ą ˘ Ł ¤ Ľ Ś § ¨ Š Ş Ť Ź ­ Ž Ż
+ ° ą ˛ ł ´ ľ ś ˇ ¸ š ş ť ź ˝ ž ż
+ Ŕ Á Â Ă Ä Ĺ Ć Ç Č É Ę Ë Ě Í Î Ď
+ Đ Ń Ň Ó Ô Ő Ö × Ř Ů Ú Ű Ü Ý Ţ ß
+ ŕ á â ă ä ĺ ć ç č é ę ë ě í î ď
+ đ ń ň ó ô ő ö ÷ ř ů ú ű ü ý ţ ˙
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-3 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e85c3bd0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-3
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � �   � � � � � � � �   �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � �   �
+ � � �   � � � � � � � � � � � �
+   � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � �   � � � � � � � � � � � �
+   � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-4 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3f9b2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-4
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-5 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3f9b2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-5
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-6 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..047664e5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-6
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ �       �               � �    
+                       �       �
+   � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � �          
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � �                          
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-7 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-7
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c90d1613f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-7
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � �     � � � �   � � �   �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � �   � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �  
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-8 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42edc071e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-8
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ �   � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �  
+                               �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � �          
diff --git a/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-9 b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-9
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3f9b2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-9
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+   ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
+ @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+ P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
+ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
+ p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
+ � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
diff --git a/iconvdata/uhc.c b/iconvdata/uhc.c
index c1d5a40d8e..ed4b7adb70 100644
--- a/iconvdata/uhc.c
+++ b/iconvdata/uhc.c
@@ -2775,6 +2775,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  ++cnt;
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outwchars;
 	    }
 	  else
@@ -2816,6 +2817,7 @@ gconv (struct gconv_step *step, struct gconv_step_data *data,
 		  cnt += sizeof (wchar_t);
 		}
 	      *inbufsize -= cnt;
+	      inbuf += cnt;
 	      data->outbufavail = outchars;
 
 	      if (outchars + extra < data->outbufsize)
diff --git a/stdlib/testmb.c b/stdlib/testmb.c
index 117ade1a5b..45dae7db61 100644
--- a/stdlib/testmb.c
+++ b/stdlib/testmb.c
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     int r;
     char c = 'x';
     wchar_t wc;
-    char *mbc;
-
-    mbc = (char *) malloc (MB_CUR_MAX);
-    mbc[0] = c;
-    mbc[1] = '\0';
+    char mbc[MB_CUR_MAX];
 
     if ((r = mbtowc (&wc, &c, MB_CUR_MAX)) <= 0)
       {
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/bits/byteswap.h b/sysdeps/i386/bits/byteswap.h
index bf55c890ba..1eef351a0c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/bits/byteswap.h
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/bits/byteswap.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Macros to swap the order of bytes in integer values.
-   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	  __v = __bswap_constant_16 (x);				      \
 	else								      \
 	  __asm__ __volatile__ ("rorw $8, %w0"				      \
-				: "=q" (__v)				      \
+				: "=r" (__v)				      \
 				: "0" ((unsigned short int) (x))	      \
 				: "cc");				      \
 	__v; })
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	  __asm__ __volatile__ ("rorw $8, %w0;"				      \
 				"rorl $16, %0;"				      \
 				"rorw $8, %w0"				      \
-				: "=q" (__v)				      \
+				: "=r" (__v)				      \
 				: "0" ((unsigned int) (x))		      \
 				: "cc");				      \
 	__v; })
diff --git a/wcsmbs/wcsmbsload.c b/wcsmbs/wcsmbsload.c
index cf854d9125..c7e5651fe6 100644
--- a/wcsmbs/wcsmbsload.c
+++ b/wcsmbs/wcsmbsload.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ static struct gconv_step to_wc =
   modname: NULL,
   counter: INT_MAX,
   from_name: "ANSI_X3.4-1968",
-  to_name: "ISO-10646/UCS4/",
-  fct: __gconv_transform_ascii_ucs4,
+  to_name: "#INTERNAL#",
+  fct: __gconv_transform_ascii_internal,
   init_fct: NULL,
   end_fct: NULL,
   data: NULL
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ static struct gconv_step to_mb =
   shlib_handle: NULL,
   modname: NULL,
   counter: INT_MAX,
-  from_name: "ISO-10646/UCS4/",
+  from_name: "#INTERNAL#",
   to_name: "ANSI_X3.4-1968",
-  fct: __gconv_transform_ucs4_ascii,
+  fct: __gconv_transform_internal_ascii,
   init_fct: NULL,
   end_fct: NULL,
   data: NULL
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ __wcsmbs_load_conv (const struct locale_data *new_category)
 	  /* Get name of charset of the locale.  */
 	  charset_name = new_category->values[_NL_ITEM_INDEX(CODESET)].string;
 
-	  __wcsmbs_gconv_fcts.tomb = getfct (charset_name, "ISO-10646/UCS4/");
-	  __wcsmbs_gconv_fcts.towc = getfct ("ISO-10646/UCS4/", charset_name);
+	  __wcsmbs_gconv_fcts.tomb = getfct (charset_name, "#INTERNAL#");
+	  __wcsmbs_gconv_fcts.towc = getfct ("#INTERNAL#", charset_name);
 
 	  /* If any of the conversion functions is not available we don't
 	     use any since this would mean we cannot convert back and